Unit 5 THE MONSTER
He was an undersized little man, with a head too big for his body -- a sickly little man.
His nerves were had. He had skin trouble. It was agony for him to wear anything next to
his skin coarser than silk. And he had seclusions of grandeur.
He was a monster of conceit.Never for one minute did he look at the world or at people, except in relation to himself. He was not only the most important person in the
world,to himself;in his own eyes he was the only person who existed. He believed himself to be one of the greatest dramatists in the world, one of the greatest thinkers, and
one of the greatest composers. To hear him talk, he was Shakespeare, and Beethoven, and Plato, rolled into one. And you would have had no difficulty in hearing him talk. He was
one of the most exhausting conversationalists that ever lived. An evening with him was an
evening spent in listening to a monologue. Sometimes he was brilliant; sometimes he was maddeningly tiresome. But whether he was being brilliant or dull, he had one sole topic
of conversation: himself. What he thought and what he did.
He had a mania for being in the right.The slightest hint of disagreement,from anyone, on the most trivial point, was enough to set him off on a harangue that might last
for house, in which he proved himself right in so many ways, and with such exhausting
volubility, that in the end his hearer, stunned and deafened, would agree with him, for the
sake of peace.
It never occurred to him that he and his doing were not of the most intense and fascinating interest to anyone with whom he came in contact.He had theories about almost any subject under the sun, including vegetarianism, the drama, politics, and music;
and in support of these theories he wrote pamphlets,le tters, books? thousands upon thousands of words, hundreds and hundreds of pages. He not only wrote these things, and published them -- usually at somebody else's expense-- but he would sit and read them aloud, for hours, to his friends and his family.
He wrote operas,and no sooner did he have the synopsis of a story, but he would invite -- or rather summon -- a crowed of his friends to his house, and read it aloud to
them. Not for criticism. For applause. When the complete poem was written, the friends
had to come again,and hear that read aloud.Then he would publish the poem, sometimes years before the music that went with it was written. He played the piano like a composer, in the worst sense of what that implies, and he would sit down at the piano
before parties that included some of the finest pianists of his time, and play for them, by
the hour, his own music, needless to say. He had a composer's voice. And he would
invite eminent vocalists to his house and sing them his operas, taking all the parts.
He had the emotional stability of a six-year-old child. When he felt out of sorts, he
would rave and stamp, or sink into suicidal gloom and talk darkly of going to the East to
end his days as a Buddhist wonk.Ten minutes later,when something pleased him,he would rush out of doors and run around the garden, or jump up and down on the sofa, or
stand on his head. He could be grief-stricken over the death of a pet dog, and he could be
callous and heartless to a degree that would have made a Roman emperor shudder.
He was almost innocent of any sense of responsibility.Not only did he seem incapable of supporting himself,but it never occurred to him that he was under ay obligation to do so. He was convinced that the world owed him a living. In support of this
belief,he borrowed money from everybody who was good for a loan--men,women, friends, or strangers. He wrote begging letters by the score, sometimes groveling without
shame, at other loftily offering his intended benefactor the privilege of contributing to his
support, and being mortally offended if the recipient declined the honor. I have found no
record of his ever paying or repaying money to anyone who did not have a legal claim upon it.
What money he could lay his hands on he spent like an Indian rajah.The mere prospect of a performance of one of his operas was enough to set him to running up bills amounting to ten times the amount of his prospective royalties. No one will ever know --
certainly he never knew -- how much money he owed.We do know that his greatest benefactor gave him $6,000 to pay the most pressing of his debts in one city, and a year
later had to give him $16,000 to enable him to live in another city without being thrown
into jail for debt.
He was equally unscrupulous in other ways. An endless procession of women marched through his life. His first wife spent twenty years enduring and forgiving his infidelities. His second wife had been the wife of his most devoted friend and admirer, from whom he stole her. And even while he was trying to persuade her to leave her first
husband he was writing to a friend to inquire whether he could suggest some wealthy woman -- any wealthy woman -- whom he could marry for her money.
He was completely selfish in his other personal relationships.His liking for his friends was measured solely by the completeness of their devotion to him,or by their usefulness to him, whether financial or artistic. The minute they failed him -- even by so
much as refusing dinner invitation -- or began to lessen in usefulness, he cast them off
without a second thought. At the end of his life he had exactly one friend left whom he
had known even in middle age.
The name of this monster was Richard Wagner.Everything that I have said about
him you can find on record -- in newspapers, in police reports, in the testimony of people
who knew him, in his own letters, between the lines of his autobiography. And the curious
thing about this record is that it doesn't matter in the least.
Because this undersized, sickly, disagreeable, fascinating little man was right all the
time. The joke was on us. He was one of the world's greatest dramatists; he was a great
thinker; he was one of the most stupendous musical geniuses that, up to now, the world
has ever seen. The world did owe him a living.
When you consider what he wrote--thirteen operas and music dramas,eleven of them still holding the stage,eight of them unquestionably worth ranking among the world's great musico-dramatic masterpieces--when you listen to what he wrote,the debts and heartaches that people had to endure from him don't seem much of a price. Think of the luxury with which for a time, at least, fate rewarded Napoleon, the man who
ruined France and looted Europe; and then perhaps you will agree that a few thousand
dollars' worth of debts were not too heavy a price to pay for the Ring trilogy.
What if he was faithless to his friends and to his wives? He had one mistress to whom
he was faithful to the day of his death:Music.Not for a single moment did he ever compromise with what he believed, with what be dreamed.There is not a line of his music that could have been conceived by a little mind. Even when he is dull, or downright
bad,he is dull in the grand manner.There is greatness about his worst mistakes. Listening to his music, one does not forgive him for what he may or may not have been. It
is not a matter of forgiveness.It is a matter of being dumb with wonder that his poor brain and body didn't burst under the torment of the demon of creative energy that lived
inside him,struggling,clawing, scratching to be released;tearing,shrieking at him to write the music that was in him.The miracle is that what he did in the little space of seventy years could have been done at all, even by a great genius. Is it any wonder that he
had no time to be a man?
怪才
他身材矮小，同他的身体相比，头却很大——他是一个常生病的小个子。
他的神经有毛病，他的皮肤也有病。要是贴身穿的衣服比丝绸粗糙一点的话，他就会非常痛苦。而且他还患有狂想症。
他是个自负的怪才。他是一刻都没有正眼看过世界和世人。除了和自己和关在他看来，
他不仅是世界上最伟大的剧作家之一、最伟大的思想家之一、最伟大的作曲家之一。听他谈话，他就是集莎士比亚、贝多芬、柏拉图于一身。你如果听他谈话并不会有什么困难。他是
人世间最健谈的人之一。你如果听他谈话并不会有什么困难。他是人世间最健谈的人之一。
如果和他在一起呆上一个晚上，就等于花一个晚上听他一人独讲。他有时讲得很精彩，有时却让人讨厌。不过无论是精彩还是让人讨厌，他的话题只有一个，那就是他自己，他和所想和他所为。
他有一种癖号，就是认为自己总是对的。对于来自任何人的一点点不同的意见，在这最不起眼的观点上，很可能使他夸夸其谈几个钟头。用各种方法来证明自己是正确的。和尽力流利的证明最后他的听众目瞪口呆，为了息事宁人，只好同意他的观点。
他从来都没有想过，他和他所做的事对于同他有联系的人来说并不是最令人感兴趣的。
他对天底下差不多作何事情都有自己的观点。无论是素食主义、戏剧、政治还是音乐。为了证明自已的观点，他写了小册子信，书，和成千上万的字。共数百页。通常是靠别人资助－
而且总是坐着把这些东西大声的读。一念就是几个小时，给他的朋友和家人。
他写歌剧，一有了故事的概要，他就邀请——说得更准确一点是召唤——他那一帮朋友去他家，听他念故事概要。他请他们来不是听他们批评意见的，而是听他们赞扬的。当歌剧
的词全部写完后，他的朋友们还得再来听他读整部戏的歌词。而后你就拿去发表，可有时歌词写好了，数年后其配乐才完成。他弹钢琴象一个作曲家，一样弹得糟糕透顶，而且他还总
是坐在钢琴傍，面对有他同时代的最优秀的钢琴家在场的一群人，数小时地为他们演奏；不用说，他演奏的都是自己写的音乐作品。他有作曲家的嗓子。他总是邀请杰出的声乐家到家里，给他们演唱自己写的歌剧，一个人演所有的角色。
他的感情就象 6岁孩子那样极不稳定。只要感到不舒服，他总是乱骂一通，直跺脚，
要么就情绪极其低落，伤心地说要去东方当和尚，度过余生。十分钟后如果有什么事让他高兴的话，他就会冲出门，在花园里跑来跑去，或者在沙发上跳上跳下，或头朝下倒立着。一
只爱犬死了他会痛不欲生，可他要是冷酷起来，连罗马皇帝也会发抖的。
他简直缺乏任何责任感。他不仅好象没有能力养活自己，而且他也从来没有想到有这么做的责任。他坚信人们该养活自己。由于是这样认为的，他向所有的人——无论是男人还是女人，无论是朋友还是陌生人——谁有能力拿出钱来，他就向谁借。他写信向别人乞讨，一
写就是二十封；有时奴颜婢膝，毫无羞耻，有时却非常傲慢地把别人给他的特权赏给他心目
中的捐助人，如果领受者拒绝接受，他就会万分愤怒。我没有找到他把钱付给或还给没有法
律依据的借款人的任何记录。
只要弄得到钱，他就象印度王公那样花销。一旦他的某部歌剧有望演出，就足以使他欠
下的帐单十倍于预计给他的版税。无人会知道——他本人也一定不曾知道——他欠别人多少钱。
但我们肯定知道的是，资助他最多的人曾经给过他六千块钱来偿还在某个城市要得最多
的欠款。而一年后为了能使他在另一城市生活而不会因债务入狱又不得不给他一万六千元。
在其他方面，他同样肆无忌惮。在他一生中，与他有过关系的女人无计其数。他的第一位妻子和他生活了二十年，容忍、原谅他的种种不忠行为。他的第二位妻子原来是对他最忠
诚、最崇拜的朋友的妻子，可他却把她从朋友那里夺走了。更有甚者，当他还在设法说服她离开第一位丈夫时就写信给朋友，问他能否穿针引线介绍某位有钱的女人——只有她有钱，
他都会为了她的钱而娶她。
在和他人交往中他也非常自私。他对朋友的喜好完全是由他们对他是否忠诚，或者他们
是否在经济上或艺术上对他有用来决定的。要是他们让他有所失望——哪怕是拒绝宴会邀请——
或是开始不是那么有用了，他就会毫不犹豫地不与他们往来了。他在晚年只剩一个朋友，而且还
是在中年时认识的。
这个怪才名叫理查德·瓦格纳。我所讲的在关他的一切都有案可查——在报纸上，在警方
报告中，在认识他的人的证词里，在他自己的信件中，和他自传的字里行间里都能可以找到记录。这个记录奇怪的是它对此人没有丝毫影响。
因为这位身材矮小、多病、难以相处、让人着魔的人一直是正确的。这就给我们开了一
个玩笑。他是世界上最伟大的戏剧家之一；他是伟大的思想家；他是最伟大的音乐天才之一。
迄今为止世人所看到的。世人的确应养着他。
当你细想他所写的东西时——十三部歌剧和音乐剧，其中十一部仍在上演，八部无可争
议地列入世界音乐剧名著——当你倾听他所写的一切时，他无论是欠债还是让人伤心，所有
这些代价似乎算不了什么。想想曾经给予的那份奢侈吧，由于拿破仑的命运，他毁来了法国，肆
虐了欧洲。这样一想，也许你就会同意，几千元的债务用来换取《指环》三部曲，代价并
不算高。
就是他对朋友和妻子不忠，又算得了什么？他有一位至死都能忠心耿耿的爱人：音乐。
他一刻都没有与自己信仰的，梦想的东西进行妥协。他的音乐中没有一行是一般人所能构思出
来的。即使他乏味或极其糟糕，也只是大手笔中的乏味。就是他最严重的错误中也有伟大之处。
这可不是原谅不原谅的事情。又抓又扯，想冲出来，尖叫着，要他把身体的乐曲谱出
来。奇迹是在短暂的七十年中，他竟然完成了这一切。就算是一个天才，他没有时间做普通人
这奇怪吗？
现代大学英语精读翻译 Revised by Hanlin on 10 January 2021
第三课 T1. Today we are in the throes of a worldwide reformation of cultures, a tectonic shift of habits and dreams called, in the curious vocabulary of social scientists, “globalization”. (Para.1)今天我们正经历着一种世界范围文化剧变的阵痛,一种习俗与追求的结构性变化,用社会科学家奇特的词汇来称呼这种变化,就叫“全球化”. T2. Whatever their backgrounds or agendas, these critics are convinced that Western—often equated with American—influences will flatten every cultural crease, producing, as one observer terms it, one big “McWorld”. (Para.4) 不管他们的背景和纲领如何,这些对全球化持反对态度的人深信西方的影响—往往等同于美国的影响—会把所有文化上的差异一一压平,就像一位观察家所说的,最终产生一个麦当劳世界,一个充斥美国货和体现美国价值观的世界. T3. But I also discovered that cultures are as resourceful, resilient, and unpredictable as the people who compose them. (Para.8) 不过我也发现文化就如同构成文化的民族一样,善于随机应变,富有弹性而且不可预测.
人教版英语选修六课文翻译 Unit 1 A Short History Western Painting 西方绘画艺术简史 西方艺术风格变化较大，而中国艺术风格变化较小。人们的生活方式和信仰影响了艺术。中国和欧洲不同，生活方式在长时间里相似。西方艺术丰富多彩，仅凭一篇短短的课文难以描述全面。所以，本篇课文仅描述了从公元5世纪开始的几种主要风格。 中世纪（公元5 世纪到15 世纪） 在中世纪，画家的主要任务是表现宗教主题。艺术家们并没有把兴趣放在呈现人和自然的真实面貌上，而是着力于体现对上帝的爱戴和敬重。因此，这段时期的绘画充满着宗教的信条。到13 世纪时，情况已经开始发生变化，像乔托这样的画家以比较现实的风格来画宗教场景。 文艺复兴时期(15 世纪到16 世纪) 在文艺复兴时期，新的思想和价值观取代了中世纪的那一套，人们开始更关心人而不是宗教。画家们回到了罗马、希腊的艺术理论上。他们尽力地画出人和自然的真实面貌。富人们想为自己的宫殿和豪宅收藏艺术品，他们高价聘请著名艺术家来为自己画画，画自己的房屋和其他财物，画他们的活动，画他们的成就。在这个阶段，最重要的发现之一是如何用透视法来画出事物的形象。在1428 年，马萨乔成为第一个在绘画中使用透视方法的人，当人们第一次看到他的画
时，还以为是透过墙上的小孔，来观看真实的情景，并对此深信不疑。如果没有透视法，人们就不可能画出如此逼真的画，在文艺复兴时期，油画也得到了发展，它使得色彩看上去更丰富，更深沉。 印象派时期(19 世纪后期到20世纪初期) 19 世纪后期，欧洲发生了巨大的变化，从以农业为主的社会变成了以工业为主的社会。许多人从农村迁入城市。有着大量的新发明，还有许多社会变革。这些变革也自然而然地导致了绘画风格上的变化。那些打破传统画法的人有在巴黎生活和工作的印象派画家。 印象派画家是第一批室外写生的艺术家。他们想把一天中不同时间投射到物体上的光线和阴影画出来。由于自然光的变化很快，所以，印象派画家必须很快地作画。因此，他们的画就不像以前那些画家的画那样细致了，起初，多数人都看不惯这种新式画法，甚至还非常生气。他们说这些画家作画时心不在焉，粗枝大叶，他们的作品更是荒唐。 现代艺术(20 世纪至今) 在印象派作品的创建初期，他们存在争议。但是，现在已经被人们接受，并且成为现在所说的“现代艺术”的始祖。如今，现代艺术已有几十多种，如果没有印象派艺术，也就没有那么多不同的风格，印象派画家帮助艺术家们用新的方法来观察环境和艺术。有些现代艺术是抽象的，也就是说，画家并不打算把我们的眼睛看到的东西如实地画出来，而是集中体现某些物体的某些品质和特征，用色彩、线条和形状把它们呈现出来。另一方面，有些现代派的艺术作品太逼真了，
学外语 学习外语是我一生中最艰苦也是最有意义的经历之一。虽然时常遭遇挫折，但却非常有价值。 我学外语的经历始于初中的第一堂英语课。老师很慈祥耐心，时常表扬学生。由于这种积极的教学方法，我踊跃回答各种问题，从不怕答错。两年中，我的成绩一直名列前茅。 到了高中后，我渴望继续学习英语。然而，高中时的经历与以前大不相同。以前，老师对所有的学生都很耐心，而新老师则总是惩罚答错的学生。每当有谁回答错了，她就会用长教鞭指着我们，上下挥舞大喊：“错！错！错！”没有多久，我便不再渴望回答问题了。我不仅失去了回答问题的乐趣，而且根本就不想再用英语说半个字。 好在这种情况没持续多久。到了大学，我了解到所有学生必须上英语课。与高中老师不同，大学英语老师非常耐心和蔼，而且从来不带教鞭！不过情况却远不尽如人意。由于班大，每堂课能轮到我回答的问题寥寥无几。上了几周课后，我还发现许多同学的英语说得比我要好得多。我开始产生一种畏惧感。虽然原因与高中时不同，但我却又一次不敢开口了。看来我的英语水平要永远停步不前了。 直到几年后我有机会参加远程英语课程，情况才有所改善。这种课程的媒介是一台电脑、一条电话线和一个调制解调器。我很快配齐了必要的设备并跟一个朋友学会了电脑操作技术，于是我每周用5到7天在网上的虚拟课堂里学习英语。 网上学习并不比普通的课堂学习容易。它需要花许多的时间，需要学习者专心自律，以跟上课程进度。我尽力达到课程的最低要求，并按时完成作业。 我随时随地都在学习。不管去哪里，我都随身携带一本袖珍字典和笔记本，笔记本上记着我遇到的生词。我学习中出过许多错，有时是令人尴尬的错误。有时我会因挫折而哭泣，有时甚至想放弃。但我从未因别的同学英语说得比我快而感到畏惧，因为在电脑屏幕上作出回答之前，我可以根据自己的需要花时间去琢磨自己的想法。突然有一天我发现自己什么都懂了，更重要的是，我说起英语来灵活自如。尽管我还是常常出错，还有很多东西要学，但我已尝到了刻苦学习的甜头。 学习外语对我来说是非常艰辛的经历，但它又无比珍贵。它不仅使我懂得了艰苦努力的意义，而且让我了解了不同的文化，让我以一种全新的思维去看待事物。学习一门外语最令人兴奋的收获是我能与更多的人交流。与人交谈是我最喜欢的一项活动，新的语言使我能与陌生人交往，参与他们的谈话，并建立新的难以忘怀的友谊。由于我已能说英语，别人讲英语时我不再茫然不解了。我能够参与其中，并结交朋友。我能与人交流，并能够弥合我所说的语言和所处的文化与他们的语言和文化之间的鸿沟。
Book 4-Unit 5 Text A The Telephone Anwar F. Accawi 1.When I was growing up in Magdaluna, a small Lebanese village in the terraced, rocky mountains east of Sidon, time didn't mean much to anybody, except maybe to those who were dying. In those days, there was no real need for a calendar or a watch to keep track of the hours, days, months, and years. We knew what to do and when to do it, just as the Iraqi geese knew when to fly north, driven by the hot wind that blew in from the desert. The only timepiece we had need of then was the sun. It rose and set, and the seasons rolled by and we sowed seed and harvested and ate and played and married our cousins and had babies who got whooping cough and chickenpox—and those children who survived grew up and married their cousins and had babies who got whooping cough and chickenpox. We lived and loved and toiled and died without ever needing to know what year it was, or even the time of day. 2.It wasn't that we had no system for keeping track of time and of the important events in our lives. But ours was a natural or, rather, a divine—calendar, because it was framed by acts of God: earthquakes and droughts and floods and locusts and pestilences. Simple as our calendar was, it worked just fine for us. 3.Take, for example, the birth date of Teta Im Khalil, the oldest woman in Magdaluna and all the surrounding villages. When I asked Grandma, "How old is Teta Im Khalil" 4.Grandma had to think for a moment; then she said, "I've been told that Teta was born shortly after the big snow that caused the roof on the mayor's house to cave in."
我们像在暖房里种花那样养孩子是错误的。我们必须让他们接触各种社会问题，因为不久他们就将作为公民来应对这些问题。 It was wrong to raise our children the way we grow flowers in the greenhouse. We must expose them to all social problems because very soon they will be dealing with them as responsible citizens. 随着时间的推移，我们不可避免地会越来越多地卷入国际事务。而冲突必然会发生，因为国家之间总有不同的观点和利益。 As time goes on we are inevitably going to get more and more involved in international affairs. And conflicts are sure to occur because there always exists different views and interests among nations 我们为我们的成就而骄傲，我们有理由感到骄傲。但是我们永远不能变得狂妄，不然我们就会失去我们的朋友。 We are proud of our accomplishments, and we have reason to be. But we must never become arrogant. Otherwise we will lose our friends. 信息现在唾手可得。一个普通的电脑就能储存一个普通图书馆的信息。 Information is now easily available. An average computer can store the information of a small library. 那家建筑公司没有资格操作这个项目。他们没有任何法律文件能证明他们具备必要的专门技术。我们必须找一个专门建造歌剧院的公司。 That construction company is not qualified to handle the project. They do not have any legal document to certify that they have the necessary expertise. We must find a company that specializes in building theatres. 这些智囊团不作决策。他们力图提出一些对决策者十分有用的新主意和深刻的分析。These think tanks do not make decisions. They are out to generate new ideas and penetrating analyses that will be extremely useful for decision makers. 国内生产总值不是一切。如果人民的生活质量没有真正改善的话，我们国家就不能说已经现代化了。 The growth of GDP is not everything. Our country cannot be said to have been modernized unless the quality of our people?s lives is really improved. 虽然那时候我们在很多方面都很困难，但作为孩子我们仍然幸福，因为有干净的空气、水；江河湖泊里有很多鱼、螃蟹，黄鳝；田野里有花，有树，有鸟。 Poor as we were in many ways at that time, we were still quite happy as children, for there was clean air, clean water, a lot of fish, crabs and eels in the rivers, lakes and ponds; and a lot of flowers, trees and birds in the fields.
AN EXCITING JOB I have the greatest job in the world. I travel to unusual places and work alongside people from all over the world. Sometimes working outdoors, sometimes in an office, sometimes using scientific equipment and sometimes meeting local people and tourists, I am never bored. Although my job is occasionally dangerous, I don't mind because danger excites me and makes me feel alive. However, the most important thing about my job is that I help protect ordinary people from one of the most powerful forces on earth - the volcano. I was appointed as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian V olcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago. My job is collecting information for a database about Mount Kilauea, which is one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii. Having collected and evaluated the information, I help other scientists to predict where lava from the volcano will flow next and how fast. Our work has saved many lives because people in the path of the lava can be warned to leave their houses. Unfortunately, we cannot move their homes out of the way, and many houses have been covered with lava or burned to the ground. When boiling rock erupts from a volcano and crashes back to earth, it causes less damage than you might imagine. This is because no one lives near the top of Mount Kilauea, where the rocks fall. The lava that flows slowly like a wave down the mountain causes far more damage because it
新编大学英语（第二版）第一册阅读文参考译文 Unit One 以生命相赠 1 炸弹落在了这个小村庄里。在可怕的越南战争期间，谁也不知道这些炸弹要轰炸什么目标，而他们却落在了一所有传教士们办的小孤儿院内。 2 传教士和一两个孩子已经丧生，还有几个孩子受了伤，其中有一个小女孩，8岁左右，她的双腿被炸伤。 3 几小时后，医疗救援小组到了。救援小组由一名年轻的美国海军医生和一名同样年轻的海军护士组成。他们很快发现有个小女孩伤势严重。如果不立即采取行动，显然她就会因失血过多和休克而死亡。 4 他们明白必须给小女孩输血，但是他们的医药用品很有限，没有血浆，因此需要相配血型的血。快速的血型测定显示两名美国人的血型都不合适，而几个没有受伤的孤儿却有相配的血型。 5 这位医生会讲一点越南语，忽视会讲一点法语，但只有中学的法语水平。孩子们不会说英语，只会说一点法语。医生和护士用少得可怜的一点共同语言，结合大量的手势，努力向这些受惊吓的孩子们解释说，除非他们能输一些血给自己的小伙伴，否则她将必死无疑。接着问他们是否有人愿意献血来救小女孩。 6 对医生和护士的请求，孩子们（只是）瞪大眼睛，一声不吭。此时小病人生命垂危。然而，只有这些受惊吓的孩子中有人自愿献血，他们才能够得到血。过了好一会儿，一只小手慢慢地举了起来，然后垂了下去，一会儿又举了起来。 7 “噢，谢谢，”护士用法语说。“你叫什么名字？” 8 “兴，”小男孩回答道。 9 兴很快被抱到一张床上，手臂用酒精消毒后，针就扎了进去。在整个过程中，兴僵直地躺着，没有出声。 10 过了一会儿，他发出了一声长长的抽泣，但立即用那只可以活动的手捂住了自己的脸。 11 “兴，疼吗？”医生问。 12 兴默默地摇了摇头，但一会儿忍不住又抽泣起来，并又一次试图掩饰自己的哭声。医生又问是不是插在手臂上的针弄疼了他，兴又摇了摇头。
Unit1 Another School Year — What For Let me tell you one of the earliest disasters in my career as a teacher. It was January of 1940 and I was fresh out of graduate school starting my first semester at the University of Kansas City. Part of the student body was a beanpole with hair on top who came into my class, sat down, folded his arms, and looked at me as if to say "All right, teach me something." Two weeks later we started Hamlet. Three weeks later he came into my office with his hands on his hips. "Look," he said, "I came here to be a pharmacist. Why do I have to read this stuff" And not having a book of his own to point to, he pointed to mine which was lying on the desk. New as I was to the faculty, I could have told this specimen a number of things. I could have pointed out that he had enrolled, not in a drugstore-mechanics school, but in a college and that at the end of his course meant to reach for a scroll that read Bachelor of Science. It would not read: Qualified Pill-Grinding Technician. It would certify that he had specialized in pharmacy, but it would further certify that he had been exposed to some of the ideas mankind has generated within its history. That is to say, he had not entered a technical training school but a university and in universities students enroll for both training and education.
Lesson Eight The Kindness of Strangers Mike Mclntyre 1. One summer I was driving from my home town of Tahoe City, Calif, to New Orleans. In the middle of the desert, I came upon a young man standing by the roadside. He had his thumb out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time in the country when you' d be considered a jerk if you passed by somebody in need. Now you are a fool for helping. With gangs, drug addicts, murderers, rapists, thieves lurking everywhere, "I don't want to get involved" has become a national motto. 2. Several states later I was still thinking about the hitchhiker. Leaving him stranded in the desert did not bother me so much. What bothered me was how easily I had reached the decision. I never even lifted my foot off the accelerator. 3. Does anyone stop any more? I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois's famous line: "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." Could anyone rely on the kindness of strangers these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey from coast to coast without any money, relying solely on the good will of his fellow Americans. What kind of Americans would he find? Who would feed him, shelter him, carry him down the road? 4. The idea intrigued me. 5. The week I turned 37, I realized that I had never taken a gamble in my life. So I decided to travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. It would be a cashless journey through the land of the almighty dollar. I would only accept offers of rides, food and a place to rest my head. My final destination would be Cape Fear in North Carolina, a symbol of all the fears I'd have to conquer during the trip. 6. I rose early on September 6, 1994, and headed for the Golden Gate Bridge with a 50-pound pack on my back and a sign displaying my destination to passing vehicles: "America." 7. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4223 miles across 14 states. As I traveled, folks were always warning me about someplace else. In Montana they told me to watch out for the cowboys in Wyoming, In Nebraska they said people would not be as nice in Iowa. Yet I was treated with kindness everywhere I went. I was amazed by people's readiness to help a stranger, even when it seemed to run contrary to their own best interests. 8. One day in Nebraska a car pulled to the road shoulder. When I reached the window, I saw two little old ladies dressed in their Sunday finest." I know you're not supposed to pick up hitchhikers, but it's so far between towns out here, you feel bad passing a person," said the driver, who introduced herself as Vi. I didn't know whether to kiss them or scold them for stopping. This woman was telling me she'd rather risk her life than feel bad about passing a stranger on the side of the road. 9. Once when I was hitchhiking unsuccessfully in the rain, a trucker pulled over, locking his brakes so hard he skidded on the grass shoulder. The driver told me he was once robbed at knifepoint by a hitchhiker. "But I hate to see a man stand out in the rain," he added. "People don't have no heart anymore." 10. I found, however, that people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or shared whatever they happened to have with them. Those who had the least to give often gave the most. In Oregon a house painter named Mike noted the chilly weather and asked if I had a coat. When he learned that I had "a light one," he drove me to his house, and handed me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker named Tim invited me to a simple dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me his tent. I refused, knowing it was probably one of the family's most valuable possessions. But Tim was determined that I have it, and finally I agreed to take it. 11. I was grateful to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter, and their gifts. But what I found most touching was the fact that they all did it as a matter of course.
第二单元其余部分 Introduction 介绍 《狮子、女巫与魔衣橱》的创作者——C·S·刘易斯（1898——1963）是英国最伟大的魔幻文学家之一，露西发现了冰天雪地的纳尼亚，在那里她和她的两个哥哥和一个妹妹遇见了白女巫。他们还邂逅了阿斯兰，那头唯一能够打败女巫，重新夺回纳尼亚之夏的狮子。和阿斯兰在一起，孩子们学会了勇敢与宽恕。他们经历过大悲大喜，最终学到了智慧。他们在纳尼亚的时光是每一个孩子梦寐以求的历险。 Extract from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 《狮子、女巫与魔衣橱》节选然后，她看见前面有一道光，离它不远处可以看到魔衣橱的后面，但走起来却很远。冰冷的柔软的东西不停地落在她身上。过了一会儿，她发现自己正站在晚间的森林中间，脚下是积雪，雪花在漫天飞舞。 露西有点害怕，但同时她也很好奇，很兴奋。她扭头向后望去，透过黑色的树干，仍然可看见魔衣橱敞开的门廊，她甚至还能瞥见她走出的那个空房子。（当然，她一直让门开着，因为他知道把自己关在衣橱里是很傻的。）那里似乎还是白天。“如果发生了什么事，我还可以回去，”露西想。她开始往前走，伴着脚下嘎吱嘎吱的积雪声穿过森林，朝着另一处光亮走去。大约十分钟之后她到了那里，发现那是一根灯柱。当她站在那里，看着灯柱是，她开始奇怪：为什么森林中间会有根灯柱，她不知所措，这是她听见劈里啪啦的脚步声，（有人正）朝她走来。随后一个非常奇怪的人从森林里走到了灯光下。 他只比露西略高一点，头上撑着一把伞，伞上满是雪。他腰部以上想人，而脚却像山羊腿（腿上是浓重的黑毛），脚步是人脚而是羊蹄。他还有一条尾巴，露西起初没有注意到，因为它整齐地缠在撑伞的手臂上，免得它拖到雪地上。他脖子里围着一条红色羊毛围巾，他的的皮肤也略带红。他有一张奇特却相当好看的小脸，留着短而尖的的胡须和卷曲的头发，前额两 侧的毛发里还长着两只角。正如我所说的，他的一只手里拿着一把伞；而另一只手里拿着几个棕色的纸包。通过纸包和他身上的雪；来看，他刚才好像去买圣诞礼物了。他是一个半人半羊的农牧神。看到露西她吃了一惊，包裹都掉了下来。“天哪！”他惊叫道。 The Lord of the Ring 《指环王》 J·R·R托尔金的《指环王》三部曲是20世纪最著名的魔幻故事之一。这个故事的三个部分都被成功地拍成了电影。故事发生在一个被称为“中部地球”的世界。人类知识但是所存在的物种一只。这个世界也有些精灵族，他们高挑而美丽、具有魔力且永远不是。还有矮人族，他们像个矮小的人类，居住在山洞中。同时也有侏儒族，貌似矮小丑陋的人，住在深山里。在《指环王》中，索隆——一个有着非凡魔
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Unit 1 1. A very curious boy, Tom, is interested not only in whats but also in whys and hows. 汤姆是个非常好奇的男孩，他不仅对“是什么”感兴趣，而且也对“为什么”和“怎么会”感兴趣。 2. Happiness, according to Prof. Smith, is the ability to make the most of what you have. 据史密斯教授说，幸福就是你能充分利用你所有的一切。 3. You’d better keep the book where your 15-year-old son can’t get his hands on. 你最好把这本书放在你15岁的儿子找不到的地方。 4. The story was very funny and Bill kept laughing while reading it. 这故事非常滑稽，比尔一边读一边不停地笑。 5. High-achieving students do not necessarily put in more time at their studies than their lower-scoring classmates. 成绩优秀的学生未必比他们得分较低的同学在学习上花费更多的时间。 6. How did you manage to persuade these students to take the speed-reading course 你是怎样设法说服这些学生修读快速阅读课的 7. Working hard is important, but knowing how to make the most of one's abilities counts for much more. 用功是重要的，但知道如何充分利用自己的才能更重要得多。 8. She asked her students to think for themselves rather than telling them what to think. 她要求学生独立思考，而不是告诉他们该思考什么。 Unit 2 1. Referring to the differences between American English and British English, he said, “The United States and Britain are, after all, two different countries.” 在谈及美国英语和英国英语的差别时，他说：“美国和英国毕竟是两个不同的国家。” 2. Prof. Smith encourages his students to think for themselves. “I am just as happy,” he often says, “even if you challenge me or completely disagree with me.” 史密斯教授鼓励他的学生独立思考。他常说：“即使你们对我提出质疑或者完全不同意我的看法，我也同样高兴。” 3. We called on him to take part in our conversation about pop music, but as soon as he joined in, he introduced a new topic and referred to the NBA finals of the previous week. 我们请他参加我们关于流行音乐的谈话，但他一参加进来就引入一个新的话题，谈起了上周的NBA决赛。 4. The driver is responsible for this accident. His car knocked down a tree and a man on his bike. 司机应对这次事故负责。他的车撞倒了一棵树和一个骑车的人。
Michael Welzenbach 1. When I was 12 years old, my family moved to England, the fourth major move in my short life. My father’s government job demanded that he go overseas every few years, so I was used to wrenching myself away from friends. 2. We rented an 18th-century farmhouse in Berkshire. Nearby were ancient castles and churches. Loving nature, however, I was most delighted by the endless patchwork of farms and woodland that surrounded our house. In the deep woods that verged against our back fence, a network of paths led almost everywhere, and pheasants rocketed off into the dense laurels ahead as you walked. 3. I spent most of my time roaming the woods and fields alone, playing Robin Hood, daydreaming, collecting bugs and bird-watching. It was heaven for a boy —but a lonely heaven. Keeping to myself was my way of not forming attachments that I would only have to abandon
现代大学英语精读1unit6课文翻译 第六单元 青香蕉 1.尽管这种事情在任何地方都可能发生，但我与青香蕉的邂逅却源自于巴西腹地一条险峻的山路上。我那老式吉普车正吃力地穿过景色优美的乡村，这时，水箱突然漏水了，而离我最近的汽车修理站也 还要十英里。发动机过热迫使我在临近的村庄停了下来。村里有一个小商店和分布在四处的几座房子。有村民围过来看，三股细细的热水柱从水箱外壳上的小孔喷出来。“这容易解决，”一个人说到。他让一个小男孩跑去拿些青香蕉来。这个人还拍了拍我的肩膀，安慰我问题会解决的。“青香蕉。”他笑了，其余的人都这么说着。 2.我和他们闲聊起来，心里却一直在想他们用这青香蕉怎么能修补好水箱。毫无疑问，提问会暴露我的无知，因此我开始赞叹眼前美 丽的乡村景色。耸立在我们周围巨大的岩石群，很像里约热内卢著名的糖面包山。“看见那边那块高高的岩石了吗？”那人指着一块特别 高而且细长的黑色石柱问我，“那块岩石标志着世界的中心。” 3.我看着他，想知道他是否在和我开玩笑，但他却表情严肃，反过来认真地审视着我，似乎想确定我是否领会了他那句话的深刻含义。这种情况要求我必须表现出认同。他点头说：“绝对是中心。这儿的人都知道。” 4.这时，小男孩抱着青香蕉回来了。那个男子把其中一根掰成两
半，将其断口处按在水箱的外壳上。香蕉遇到炙热的金属融成了胶， 立刻就堵住了漏洞。面对如此情景，我惊呆了，我当时的表情一定是 傻傻的，所有的人都笑了起来。他们把我的水箱装满水，又让我带上 一些香蕉，以防沿途中水箱再出问题。路上，我又用了一次青香蕉， 一个小时后，我开着车到达了目的地。当地的一修理工笑着问我：“谁教你用青香蕉的？”我告诉了他那个村子的名字。“他们有没有指给你看标志世界中心的那块岩石?”他问道。我告诉他，他们指给我看了。“我祖父就是那儿的人，”他说，“那的确是中心。一直以来这儿的人都知道。” 5.作为美国教育的产物，除了把青香蕉当作还没长熟的水果，我从来就没注意过它。但突然在那条山路上，当我需要它时，它正巧出 现了。可是仔细想一想，其实青香蕉一直在那儿存在着。时间可以追 溯到香蕉的最初的起源。那个村子里的人都知道它已经很多年了，我现在也因此认识它了。我开始珍视村民们的聪明才智和青香蕉的特殊 潜能。曾有一段时间，我一直困惑于教育家们提出的“领悟的瞬间”，而现在我知道自己刚刚同时经历了两个这样的瞬间。 6.我又用了一些时间来领会村民们认为那块标志着世界中心的 岩石的重要性。开始时我怀疑他们的说法，因为我知道实际上世界的中心是位于新英格兰的某个地方，毕竟，我的祖父就是那儿的人。但 我逐渐意识到他们的想法是很有道理的，我赞同了他们的看法。我们都倾向于把一个特殊的地方理解为“中心”：在那儿为人所知，我们也认识其他人；那儿的事物对我们来说都别有意义；那儿有我们的根，